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Monday, April 21, 2008

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A New Language - 'Nerdic'

- Matt Faulkner

I must speak Nerdic because I know every one of these top 10 words... 

There are many time a day that I use some 'Nerdic" words and don't even think twice about them.  I try and explain things to my wife or talk to her about a new product and all I get is that blank looks on her face or just says 'yep' to get me to be quiet...  She doesn't speak Nerdic so that at times causes a problem - she just wants me to get to the point when I talk about all this 'tech' stuff.

Experts claim about 100 new words are added to the language of technology, dubbed 'Nerdic', every year - three times the number of new words making it into the Oxford English Dictionary.

How many of you speak Nerdic?  Do you know what a RickRoll means? What about a mashup?  Might know what an iPhone is, but do you know what Android is referring to? Have a look over at Telegraph to see the Top 10 'Nerdic' words and phrases for 2008.

We deal with this type of new technology lingo every day, but there are many people that still look at my computer and say - "What's that" - "Tablet PC - Are those new??".   Is 'Tablet PC' Nerdic??



4/21/2008 2:04 PM MST  

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Monday, April 21, 2008 2:30:36 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
Okay, that's scary. Those are new words?? I was doing demos of a lot of that stuff back in 2006!
Monday, April 21, 2008 3:11:11 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
Nerdic isn't a language, of course. It's just a collection of jargon. If you're looking for a new language, you might want to try Esperanto. Take a look at www.esperanto.net
Bill Chapman
Monday, April 21, 2008 3:11:14 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
Nerdic isn't a language, of course. It's just a collection of jargon. If you're looking for a new language, you might want to try Esperanto. Take a look at www.esperanto.net
Bill Chapman
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:40:34 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
Two things:
1. Yippie, I'm not a complete nerd, knew only 70%
2. Have to agree with Sierra Modro, most of the words/acronyms I knew were at least 2 years old

lol
mw65719
Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:04:21 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
In linguistic terms, a word has to be around a few years and show no signs of fading away like many slang terms, before you even begin to consider it a "new" word. I knew 70% as well. I guess I'll need to study up on Nerdic. :0)
sbtablet
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